Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Camera Strap Cover Tutorial

These are really easy, and make a great gift. They fit any standard DSLR camera strap, (Canon/Nikon) my strap is about 2" wide. I made mine two sided, but if you wanted just one fabric like the one above, just make one strip about 5.5" wide.

1. Cut two strips 2.75" by 27" long.

2. Sew the strips right sides together, then press seam open.

3. I made mine padded with Pellon fusible light fleece interfacing. You need about 5.5"by 27". This is optional of course, I like the feel of the padding, but you can skip this step if you don't mind the hard strap. Iron on the fusible interfacing according to directions, and trim excess.

4. Fold one end in about one inch, and then again over one inch to hide the seam and make a clean finish.

5. Sew edge down for a clean finish, I sewed three lines, 1/4" apart so the ends will be more sturdy and it looks more polished. 6. Do the same thing on the other end, the finished strap after the ends are finished will be about 23" long. 7. Sew right sides together with a 1/4" seam allowance. If you think the finished cover will be too big for your strap, you can make a wider seam allowance to make the cover thinner. Keep in mind you want the cover about half an inch or so bigger than the strap, so its easy to slide on and off. 8. trim the inside edge seam allowance, it makes more room to slide the strap in and out. 9. Turn inside out (the hardest part) and iron and your done! Slide in your camera strap and viola!

Thanks so much for this great tutorial. I've been wanting to make one of these for awhile but just didn't know exactly how. I'm off to the fabric store.... going to make one for myself and some for gifts.

Thank you for this tutorial. I never make anything for myself and I am going to sneak this in today. I always sew for others (making a lot of graduation presents now for daughters friends). This will be fast and easy and a nice way to dress up my Canon SLR Rebel whichI LOVE.

Thanks so much for this great tutorial! I found it on your blog a while back (maybe through One Pretty Thing??) and tonight I finally sat down to put one together. It took me a while to find some fabrics that I liked. Thanks again, and I love your blog--I'm so NOT a sewer/quilter. . .just a wannabe!Michelle

Excellent instructions! I made 4 tonight - assembly style. These are going to be great gifts. I plan on adding a detachable pocket for the lens cap and either a yo-yo flower or a rolled rose accent. Thanks!

This is awesome! Thank you for the great instructions. I made my shopping list and I'm going to head into town tomorrow. I can't wait! I've seen these, but I know I can sew my own. Now, thanks to you I really can!I'm excited to check out the rest of your blog.

I totally lack confidence when it comes to sewing but really wanted to make one of these. Your tutorial was excellent, and I surprised myself with how cute my strap turned out! (I wasn't brave enough to pad it yet... maybe next time. ;) I'm giving away my first one tomorrow on my blog, so I'll be making another one for myself.

thank you, i have only been sewing a couple of months and i made 5 of these in the last couple of days. i have no idea why i have made so many. maybe i will do a give away or maybe use them for gifts. i am so excited.

Just discovered your tutorial and it's the best I've found for a customized camera strap. I've seen these for sale for wayyy too much money and figured it's something I could easily make for myself. Thanks for making it even easier on me!

I've been looking at handmade camera straps on etsy for a while and thought "I could probably make one" so I looked up tutorials and found several but yours was the easiest...until it came time to turn it right side out! I also did not use lightweight fusible interfacing...mistakenly I bought fusible thermo something. Ha! Talk about hard to turn rightside out!!! But I finished my first one and have several more to make. Love how easy it was to make!! Thanks for posting this!